tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937252981746908830.post3006616944484756573..comments2017-08-11T21:13:05.094+10:00Comments on The Tree of Me: Jacob Scheef - Letters to Home - 7 May 1885Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08099651984506366012noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937252981746908830.post-53067593136871230302011-05-07T07:46:02.029+10:002011-05-07T07:46:02.029+10:00Thanks for the comment Judy. We (the family) also ...Thanks for the comment Judy. We (the family) also have letters written in German from the 1850s until the 1890s. I would love to get them transcribed and translated. The letters waned before Jacob went back to Germany but there are quite a few after his trip home. These documents are now stored at the UNE Archive in Armidale.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099651984506366012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937252981746908830.post-80644976629598123352011-05-07T07:42:10.866+10:002011-05-07T07:42:10.866+10:00Fascinating! I was given a copy of a letter that m...Fascinating! I was given a copy of a letter that my great-grandfather (who emigrated to Queensland in the 1880s) wrote to a relative in the UK. It was so interesting to read what he thought about life in the new country.Judy Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331380147873608965noreply@blogger.com